E ver since their first album release in 2007, the innovation of Brooklyn four-piece Yeasayer has put them forward as one of the most creative names in experimental rock. The band (comprising Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Turton, Anand Wilder and Cale Parks) have been slipping into the avant-garde ever since, but it’s in ‘Amen and […]
“Perpetually inspired”: The death of Youth Lagoon
I heard my first Youth Lagoon track way back in 2011, hours into one of those desperate, anything-but-revision YouTube binges, trawling through playlist after playlist in a half-hearted search for new music. I hadn’t really been expecting to find anything, but then, there it was. ’17’ wasn’t a song I’d ever heard of before, or […]
Album Review: Beacon – Escapements
Jacob Gossett and Thomas Mullarney III first met at New York’s Pratt Institute, studying painting and sculpture respectively – and they’ve carried their artistry into the careful moulding of their last two albums. Ever since 2013’s The Ways We Separate, the Brooklyn-based duo working collectively as Beacon have made a name for themselves creating downtempo, […]
Album Review: Shearwater – Jet Plane and Oxbow
Shearwater Jet Plane and Oxbow 22 January 2016; Sub Pop Shearwater’s latest album has unusual beginnings – frontman John Meiberg came up with the title whilst in a 737, looking out the window at another plane flying over a horseshoe bend in the Mississippi. The image made a big enough impact on the Texan musician […]
EP Review: Wolf Choir – Zoo of the New
Wolf Choir Zoo of the New EP 6 December 2015 Wolf Choir may not be a name you’re familiar with, but the band’s latest EP release – Zoo of the New – is something to be taken seriously. Strongly influenced by the hazy indie-rock of Phoenix and Real Estate, this is only the second release for […]